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The Falcon School District 49 Board of Education met in October. Treasurer Kevin Butcher was absent with prior notice.
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Former DC Schools Chancellor And Racial Justice Scholar’s Corruption Goes Unpunished
The former D.C. Public Schools chancellor received a reprimand attached to no actual punishment for corrupt practices during her tenure, according to a Thursday report. The D.C. Board of Ethics and Government Accountability issued a reprimand of Kaya Henderson for favoritism when admitting children of government officials and others to certain schools, reported The Washington Post .
Editorial: Standardized testing needs work
So it goes that a subdued Einstein is a slower Einstein, robbed of original thought, his genius stolen away in the name of decorum. Whether the drug for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder would have transformed the German physicist into a dullard is a subject for researchers and activists to debate.
Edith Windsor, who helped end gay marriage ban, dies at 88 Updated at
Edith Windsor, a widow who brought a landmark Supreme Court case that struck down parts of a federal anti-gay marriage law and paved a path toward legalizing same-sex nuptials nationwide, died Tuesday. She was 88. Windsor died in New York, said her lawyer, Roberta Kaplan.
Budget Committee Approves Education Funding Plan Monday, August 28
The state legislature's budget-writing committee has signed-off on a plan that will increase education funding from the state by $639 million over the next two years. The package of changes approved by the Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee on Monday includes an increase in per-pupil funding, raises income eligibility caps for private school vouchers, and puts restrictions on when school districts can hold referenda votes.
Navy: Only woman in SEAL training pipeline drops out
Authorities say an SUV being chased by the U.S. Border Patrol in the San Diego area tumbled off a freeway, killing three occupants. Authorities say an SUV being chased by the U.S. Border Patrol in the San Diego area tumbled off a freeway, killing three occupants.
School choice program raises questions about accountability
TAX CRED SCHOOL VOUCHERS 081117: Map states with tax credit school voucher programs; 2c x 3 inches; with BC-US--Tax Credit School Vouchers; JEM; ETA 3 a.m. In this photo taken Aug. 8, 2017, Kelsey Nellis, second from right, instructs employees in preparation for the start of the school year at the Mountain View Christian Schools in Las Vegas. More than a third of U.S. states have created school voucher programs that bypass thorny constitutional and political issues by turning them over to non-profits that rely primarily on businesses to fund them.
An array of different kinds of school voucher programs
More than a third of U.S. states have crea... . In this photo taken Aug. 8, 2017, Kelsey Nellis, second from right, instructs employees in preparation for the start of the school year at the Mountain View Christian Schools in Las Vegas.
SMC Film Wins Prague Independent Film Festival Award
"MunIfecas"-a short film directed by Santa Monica College film student Osvaldo Ozuna-won the Best Student Film Award at the 2017 Prague Independent Film Festival held August 3-6 in the Czech Republic capital. SANTA MONICA, CA-Santa Monica College is pleased to announce that the SMC student-film production "MunIfecas" has won the Best Student Film Award at the 2017 Prague Independent Film Festival .
Asian-American students Harvard turned down are at the center…
In 2016 the US Supreme Court ruled in favor of affirmative action at the University of Texas-Austin , further validating the use of race in admissions policies around the country. The efforts of opponents of affirmative action were temporarily stymied, but they have reemerged with a lawsuit against Harvard University claiming the school discriminates against Asian-Americans, The New York Times reported.
Betsy DeVos’ Latest Speech Draws Protests, Even Before She Speaks
Hundreds of protestors hold signs and chant at a rally in front of the Colorado State Capitol Building, in Denver. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is scheduled to deliver a speech to the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, which backs school choice policies coast to coast.
Where high school students won’t graduate without a plan for the future
To graduate from a public high school in Chicago, students will soon have to meet a new and unusual requirement: They must show that they've secured a job or received a letter of acceptance to college, a trade apprenticeship, a gap year program or the military. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, D, said he wants to make clear that the nation's third-largest school system is not just responsible for shepherding teenagers to the end of their senior year, but also for setting them on a path to a productive future.
Chicago won’t allow high school students to graduate without a plan for the future
Students walk through Chicago's Senn High School after classes were dismissed in May. To graduate from a public high school in Chicago, students will soon have to meet a new and unusual requirement: They must show that they've secured a job or received a letter of acceptance to college, a trade apprenticeship, a gap year program or the military. Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he wants to make clear that the nation's third-largest school system is not just responsible for shepherding teenagers to the end of their senior year, but also for setting them on a path to a productive future.
Court tosses ruling against religious school subsidies
Sig Sauer Academy says it's taking steps to improve the safety of its shooting ranges next to Route 101 after a state police investigation found bullets from the popular training facility were... California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has issued a decree banning state employees from traveling to Texas because Becerra has determined the state's ... (more)
New voucher study offers something on both sides of issue
A new analysis of Indiana's school voucher program offers something for both sides in the heated debate about whether public money should be used to fund private school tuition.
Trump picks Republican lawyer Kaplan for U.S. labor board
U.S. President Donald Trump was poised on Tuesday to nominate Washington lawyer Marvin Kaplan to the National Labor Relations Board, nudging the agency toward a Republican majority that could overturn a series of decisions that have riled businesses. Late on Monday, the White House issued a statement saying Trump had selected Kaplan, a fellow Republican currently with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, to one of the board's five seats.
Other editors: SPLC lawsuit against the state ill-founded
There's no doubt, as a lawsuit filed against the state of Mississippi alleges, that public education creates unequal opportunities and unequal outcomes. The Southern Poverty Law Center's case, filed on behalf of four black mothers with children in public elementary schools, claims that Mississippi has for more than a century violated an 1870 federal law that allowed the state to rejoin the Union.
Nevada leaders deal blows to school vouchers, paid sick time
A feud between Nevada's political leaders is threatening to derail their top legislative priorities and delay the state budget. Democratic lawmakers and Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval exchanged potentially fatal blows to each other's policy initiatives on Thursday after an impasse on political negotiations surrounding Education Savings Accounts.
DeVos promises – the most ambitious expansion of education choice in…
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks at a summit hosted by the American Federation for Children in Indianapolis on Monday. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos promised Monday evening that President Trump would propose "the most ambitious expansion of education choice in our nation's history," but she offered no details about the administration's plans.
On further reviewA a oeMorning Editiona report last week offered 13…
A "Morning Edition" report last week offered 13 million NPR listeners results from Indiana's largest-in-the-nation school voucher program: Per-pupil education spending, adjusted for inflation, less than 2009 as the state picks up tuition bills for more families who always intended to send their children to religious schools Early research finding ... (more)